"My God River, what have we done?"

We are so ashamed. We've plastered your image across hundreds of web pages. The very image you fought so desperately to conceal.

We poke and pry into every aspect of your private life and put our findings on public display for all to see.

We continue to regard you as public property. Even in death.

My God River, what have we done?

Despite carrying the weight of the world upon your shoulders, you worked so hard to entertain us with your movies by so selflessly reaching into the very depths of your soul. Then, when you had our attention, you continued to work - educating anyone who would listen. How do we begin to pay back this debt?